Thread: House Republican leaders will vote on earmark ban

Like this will pass....ever wonder why they spend millions to get elected!!!!


November 12, 2010, 7:21 pm
House Republican leaders will vote on earmark ban
By Molly Hooper

The top two House Republican leaders said Friday that they will hold a vote to ban all earmarks for the 112th Congress.

Presumptive Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) and presumptive House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) announced that their GOP conference would vote next week to ban all earmarks.

"Next week the House Republican Conference, including all of our newly elected Members, will vote on a measure that would impose an immediate ban on earmarks at the start of the 112th Congress," the leaders said in a joint statement.

Boehner and Cantor called earmarks "a symbol of a dysfunctional Congress and serve as a fuel line for the culture of spending that has dominated Washington for too long."

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House Republican leaders will vote on earmark ban
By Molly Hooper - 11/12/10 07:21 PM ET

The top two House Republican leaders said Friday that they will hold a vote to ban all earmarks for the 112th Congress.

Presumptive Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) and presumptive House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) announced that their GOP conference would vote next week to ban all earmarks.

"Next week the House Republican Conference, including all of our newly elected Members, will vote on a measure that would impose an immediate ban on earmarks at the start of the 112th Congress," the leaders said in a joint statement.

Boehner and Cantor called earmarks "a symbol of a dysfunctional Congress and serve as a fuel line for the culture of spending that has dominated Washington for too long."

The statement was a prebuttal to the president's weekly address to the nation to be released on Saturday, in which he discusses earmark reform. The address is embargoed for release until Saturday morning.

Boehner and Cantor called on the president to veto bills that go to his desk with earmark spending.

"If the President is committed to real earmark reform, he could demonstrate that immediately by agreeing to veto any spending measure this year or next that includes earmarks," the said. "Washington has failed to prioritize the way that taxpayer dollars are spent, and shutting down the earmark process is a good first step to begin righting the ship," they stated after "urging" him to direct House Democrats to hold a vote on a similar ban of earmarks.




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Kathyet

Good for them. I hope the President and Democrats support this legislation. All taxpayer money should be spent as part of the legislative appropriations process.